Boulder-area Realtor convicted of raping 20-year-old babysitter

Curtis Jay Hilty, 39, of Broomfield, faces possible life in prison

By Vanessa Miller Camera Staff Writer

Posted:
04/21/2011 06:12:03 PM MDT

Updated:
04/21/2011 06:17:17 PM MDT

Curtis Jay Hilty

A member of the board of directors for the Boulder Area Realtor Association is scheduled to be sentenced in June after a jury found him guilty of raping a 20-year-old woman who was babysitting his children.

Curtis Jay Hilty, 39, of Broomfield, was found guilty last week of sex assault on a helpless victim and sex assault, overcoming a victim's will, both felonies. He could face life in prison for having sex with his children's babysitter after she fell asleep.

Hilty -- who has been a licensed Realtor since 1992 -- was an ex-officio officer of the Colorado Association of Realtors professional development committee from 2007 to 2009 and has been on the board of directors for the Boulder Area Realtor Association since 2006, according to his online biography.

He was still listed as a board member for the Boulder association Thursday. Chief Executive Officer Veronica Precella said he's a volunteer with the association and she didn't know anything about the conviction.

Chris Lines, spokesman for the Colorado Department of Regulatory Agencies, said criminal convictions can prompt the state to revoke an agent's real estate license. But, Lines said, he can't comment on specific cases until the state takes action.

As of Thursday, Hilty's real estate license was still active in the state.

Hilty, who is out of jail on bond, did not return calls from the Camera on Thursday.

According to an arrest affidavit, Hilty was arrested after a motorist picked up the victim near Sheridan and Midway boulevards around 6 a.m. May 1, 2010.

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The woman, who was crying when the motorist picked her up, told investigators that she had run out of Hilty's house at 1055 E. 14th Ave. after she awoke to find him having sex with her.

She said she had gone to Hilty's house the night before to babysit, and when Hilty arrived home about 10 p.m., he had obviously had too much to drink, the affidavit said. Both kids were asleep when he got home, the affidavit said.

He opened a bottle of wine, she told investigators, and they shared drinks while talking. The woman said she told Hilty that she suffered from chronic back and shoulder pain, so he offered to rub it for her.

They went to the master bedroom, according to the affidavit, and the woman said she fell asleep around 11 p.m. When she woke up, the affidavit said, Hilty was performing oral sex on her, and he then began to have intercourse with her.

The woman finally pushed him off, according to the affidavit, got dressed and ran out of the house. She walked about five blocks before waving down a car, according to police.

She told investigators that they had never discussed sex and she never gave him the indication that she wanted to have sex with him "that night or at any time," according to the affidavit.

While the woman was having a sex assault exam at St. Anthony's North Hospital, according to the affidavit, Hilty called her cell phone. He said he didn't remember anything happening and was still drunk, according to the affidavit.

Hilty also told her he was sorry, the affidavit said. When police contacted Hilty about the sex assault allegations and arrested him, he declined to talk to investigators.